For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CRUISING. The driving of a taxicab on the streets, alleys, or public places of the city in search of or soliciting prospective passengers for hire.
DRIVER’S LICENSE. The permission granted by the city to a person to drive a taxicab or public transit vehicle upon the streets of the city.
HOLDER. A person to whom a taxicab owner’s license has been issued.
MANIFEST. The daily record prepared by a taxicab owner of all trips made by his or her drivers, showing the time and place of origin, destination, number of passengers, and the amount of fare of each trip.
PUBLIC TRANSIT. The Rural Transit Program receiving state and federal operating funds annually through the Ohio Department of Transportation. For the purpose of this chapter, this reference pertains to the BG Transit, Bowling Green’s public transit system.
RATE CARD. A card which contains the rates of fare in force for display in each taxicab.
TAXICAB. A motor vehicle regularly engaged in the business of carrying passengers for hire and having a seating capacity of less than ten persons and not operated on a fixed route.
WAITING TIME. The time when a taxicab is not in motion from the time of acceptance of a passenger to the time of discharge, but does not include any time that the taxicab is not in motion if due to any cause other than the request, act, or fault of a passenger.
(1980 Code, § 114.01) (Am. Ord. 7654, passed 3-19-2007)